Railroad-tie



F. GASTON.

RAILROAD TIE.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. 31.1919.

Patent/ed Nov. 18, 1919.

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F. GASTON.

RAILROAD TIE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3l, 1919. 'A 1,322,184. Patented N0v.18,1919

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um Wg@ L30 bo UNTTED sTnTEs PATENT .oEEioE j FREDERICK GASTON, `OIEilI-IIl;ADlElLPI-IIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAILROAD-TIE.

Application filed January 31,-1919.

To all whom t may concern Be it' known that I, FREDERICK GASTON, a citizen' of the United States, residing. at 6333 Drexel road, Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Railroad-Tie, of which the Yfollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to ties of a type intended to be made of steel-rolled shapes and concrete and is intended to apply both to the support of the rail and to the construe tion of the tie itself.

The purpose of my invention is to provide a readily removable resilient rail support for the tie and to combine it withrailclamping mechanism. y

A further purpose is to stiiien thetie without unduly increasing the weight of the tie.

A. 'further purpose is'to 'clamp the rail from above directlyagainst.aresilient sup- Jort.

l Furtherpurposes will appear in the specification and in the claims.

Ihave preferred to illustrate `my invention by but one form, selecting a form Vwhich is strong, efficient and comparatively ineX- ,pensive and which .at the Sametime well illustrates the principles of my invention.

Figurel is a top plan view of a portion of a railway track-provided with tiesk embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 isan end view of sucha structure as is seen inFig. V1,* showingthe rails in sections.

Fig. 3 is a section takenupo'n line 3-3 ofFig.' 1.

Figa is a perspective view of a tie, omitting the resilient rail supports andclamps.

Fig. 5 is-a perspective view ofoneofthe resilie'nt'tie supports.

7F ig. p6 is a perspective view of one ofthe clamps used'b'y me. Fi'g'7 is afv'sec'tionu'pon line177 o'flFi'g. '8 and FigLS a section Vupon line S-#Sfof AIiig. "7, both showing the tie `immediately about therailsupport.

In the drawings similar numeralsiindicate 'like=parts. n

:The `tie10 is shown as supporting 'rails .11- in a track ballasted 4vatVA Y The-bodyor-skeletonf'ofthe tie is''forined asf-a rolled channeled'shape,having upper flangesV y13, 13 Zandloweriang'es 514, 14" 'with *intermediate angesf "15,1;15"f,ferming upper f Specification of;Letters"1atent.

above them.

""blo'clris t'eniovedby'slightlyiifting the rail Patented Nov. 1s,V 1919.

Serial No. 274,155. n

and lower channels, on each side shown at 16, 17 and 16', 17 respectively. The web portions between the flange-s, I have indicated at 18 and 19.

Atthe positions which are to be occupiedk by the rail, I cut away the upper flanges 1.3, 13 and a portion of the web 18 to leave a rib 18 on each side. The block 20 is adapted to fit into the space provided by cutting away the top flanges and web and is grooved at 21 to cooperate with the rib 1S,kto.prevent movement of the block The block forms a is protected against movement in any direction and is readily replaceable. It can be removed or replaced by but slightly lifting the rail' to allow the block to be lifted slightly and then vmoved lon -itudinally of the rail (transversely of the tie).

As best shown in Fig. 8,-the rail is intended to rest directly upon the block 20 Vand the block may desirably be coeXtensive in width with it. The rail is clamped upon the block by clamps 22, 23, which are held in place by bolts 24: passing through openings 25 inthe flanges 13 and 13 and 25 in the clamps. The bolts are preferably inv serted from below and may be held against turning byengagement lof the head 26, with the web y18. VAny usual lock nuts may be used.

The parts are soV proportioned that the clamps tightly engage the rail when or just before the bottoms ofthe clamps come against the top of the tie, as seen in Fig. 8, whereby'the rail receives the sideA support. of the inner edges 27 of the clamp at the same time that it is tightly gripped between the active clamp -faces 28 and the block.

Though. my tiemay be used without a concretefilling, Iprefer using ajilling of concrete at 29 which completely'closes 'the channels 16, 17 ,-16 17 except as to spaces in the channels land 1Gadjacent'to the "blocks 20. The concrete is omitted not only 'in the sp'ace intended to'beV occupied by the block, 'but alsoifrom'spaces 30 oneach side The tie isset as Vvanyothertie and, when initially set, the .blocks may be inserted `from the 'top and the "rails subsequently applied In casesof renewals the old .of-each block,- which spacesfareleftopen n *for insertion and removal'ofthebolts 24.

and the block and moving the block lengthwise of the rail until it is free from the rib 18 and can be removed sidewise between the ties. The new block is inserted by merely reversing this operation.

It will be seen that the blocks rest upon the flanges 15, 15 firmly and are protected against longitudinal movement by the ribs 18 and against lateral movement by the adjoining edges of the webs 18.

It will be evident that the blocks afford a great variety of support from the standpoints of firmness, resilience, etc.; that by the use of creosote or other treatment, the block may be effectively protected from decay and from disintegration by the elements; offering a small, handy, cheap replacement for the only perishable part of the tie.

`Iavin g thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A railway tie comprising a longitudinally extending channeled member providing top flanges and block-supporting flanges and having the upper flanges and the web between the flanges cut away, in combination with a block adapted to lie within the space of the web and flanges where cut away and clamps resting upon the top flanges and adapted to retain the rail upon the block.

2. In a steel tie construction, a steel skeleton having a web, top flanges and supporting flanges, both on opposite sides of the web, the top flanges and web being cut away nearly to the supporting flanges, in combination with fibrous inserts adapted to rest upon the supporting flanges and be retained against movement laterally of the tie by the remainder of the web which is not cut away and retaining devices for the rail secured to the top flanges in the neighborhood of the cut-away portions and adapted to hold the rail down upon the fibrous inserts.

3. A steel tie construction comprising a steel skeleton having top flanges, a web and supporting flanges in proximity to the top flanges, the top flanges and a portion of the web at each side above the supporting flanges being cut away, in combination with fibrous inserts for the rail to rest upon, said inserts resting upon the supporting flanges and receiving the weight of the rail, and clamps resting upon the top flanges and retaining the rail.

Ll. A steel tie construction comprising a tie having` central webbing and three flanges on each side thereof, the top flanges and the webbing being cut away to receive an insert, in combination with a fibrous insert adapted to rest upon the intermediate flanges within the cut away portions and receive the weight of the rail.

5. A steel tie construction comprising a tie having central webbing and three flanges Lon each side thereof, the top flanges and the webbing being cut away to receive an insert, in combination with a fibrous insert adapted to rest within the cut away portions and receive the weight of the rail and concrete. filling for the channels between the flanges.

6. A steel tie construction comprising a tie having central webbing and three flanges on each side thereof, the top flanges and the webbing being cut away to receive an insert,

in combination with a fibrous insert adapted to rest within the cut away portions and receive the weight of the rail and concrete filling for the channels between the flanges, the filling being omitted on both sides of the fibrous insert 'between the top and intermediate flanges on each side.

r7. In a steel tie construction, a central web, opposite flanges upon which the tie is adapted to rest, flanges on opposite sides of the web at an intermediate point in its height, fibrous blocks adapted to rest on the intermediate flanges and support the rail and clamps above the blocks securing the rail.

8. A steel tie construction comprising a metal web having three flanges on each side and intermediate channel portions, supports for the rail separate from the web, clamps for securing the rail to said supports and concrete filling for the tie eXcept in proximity to the supports.

9. In a railway tie, a rail-supporting fibrous insert in the form of a block having a notch in the bottom thereof, in combination with a tie forming a support for the block, and having a rib fitting into the notch to prevent movement of the block laterally with respect to the tie, and clamping means engaging the tie and adapted to hold the rail in contact with the fibrous insert.

10. A railway tie having a central web and upper flanges cut away at intervals for the insertion of rail-supporting fibrous members, flanges in proximity to the cutaway portions, fibrous inserts adapted to rest upon the flanges and clamps secured to the upper tie flanges and adapted to hold the rail in engagement with the inserts.

11. In a railway tie, a metallic tie skeleton comprising a longitudinally-extending channeled shape having upper flanges and upper web, both cut away to provide for rail-supporting inserts, in combination with fibrous inserts fitting therein, clamps secured to the upper flanges and retaining the rail in contact with the inserts and non-metallic filling for the channeled portion, at a distance from the inserts.

12. A channeled shape comprising a vertically disposed web, and bottom, intermediate and top flanges on each side, extending the length of the tie, but the top flanges and the upper part of the web cut away to leave room for the tie supporting member, leaving ribs at these points.y from the webY por- `tion, the upper flanges being apertured to provide holes for retainers, in combination with fibrous rail-supporting members having grooves in their under sides, adapted to rest upon the intermediate flange and have the web ribs rest within the grooves, clamps engaging the rail flanges and retaining bolts inserted within the holes in the flanges and in the clamps and holding the clamps in po sition.

13. A channeled shape comprising a vertically disposed web, and bottom, intermediate and top flanges on each side, eXtendinur the length of' the tie, but the top flanges and the upper part of the web cut away to leave room for the tie supporting member, leaving ribs at these points from the web portion, the upper flangesbeing apertured to provide holes for retainers, in combination with fibrous rail-supporting members having grooves in their under sides, adapted to rest upon the intermediate flange and have the web ribs rest within the grooves, clamps engaging the rail flanges, retaining bolts inserted within the holes in the flanges and in the clamps and holding the clamps inposition and non metallic filling for the channels between these flanges, omitted in proximity to the cut-away portions to permit insertion and removal of the fastening devices.

14. In a railway tie construction, a metallic tie skeleton comprising a central web, oppositely-disposed flanges at the top and bottom and between these points, the top flanges being cut away at intervals, in com: bination with rail-supporting fibrous inserts located at the cut-away portions, and resting upon the intermediate flanges, and clamps secured to the top flanges adapted to engage the rail and hold it in engagement with the inserts.

15. In a railway tie construction, brous rail-supporting blocks, groo-ved along their under surfaces, in combination with metallic skeleton supports for the blocks, and clamping devices engaging the skeleton and adapted to hold the rails in contact with the blocks. Y

16. In a metallic tie construction, fibrous rail-supporting blocks in combination with a metal skeleton tie upon which the blocks are adapted to rest, flanged at the top, and clamps each resting at one end upon the skeleton tie and at the other end against the rail base and fastening devices for the clamps between the ends.

17 In a metallic railway tie, a fibrous rail-supporting block, a skeleton tie support for the block, a railway rail, a clamp therefor engaging the rail flange at one end and the tie skeleton at the other end, a bolt passing upwardly through the skeleton tie and clamp, to retain the clamp and filling for the metallic skeleton tie, omitted in proximity to the bolt to give room for its insertion and removal.

FREDERICK GASTON. 

